The parallelism is striking

[dorchadas]

As I put it on Facebook earlier:

I get that Passover is about a country under the control of a corrupt and tyrannical ruler who ignores the advice of experts even as the lands are stricken with plague, while the Children of Israel survive due to hiding in their homes.

But like, come on, G-d.

We're supposed to act as though we ourselves were brought out of Egypt, and you know, I think that'll be easier to imagine this year.

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[symbioid]

Mind if I quote?

[dorchadas]

I don't mind at all! Go ahead

[symbioid]

on fb /unattribbed?

[corvi]

I have heard that some (not most) churches are going to to celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on the first Sunday after lockdown ends in their area, no matter when it is, and observe Easter, or something Easter-like, on the second Sunday after lockdown ends. In some traditions, Easter comes after a time of penitence and austerity, so there's thematic resonance to observing it at the end of lockdown.

Is there any discussion of similar holiday rescheduling or echoing in Jewish traditions?

[dorchadas]

We do have rules and a process for moving holidays around, changing the calendar, and so on...but it requires a ruling of the Sanhedrin, and there hasn't been a recognized Sanhedrin for 1500 years. Since the date of Passover is fixed in Torah, I haven't heard of anyone suggesting we move it to another date.

I had heard some people earlier suggesting we add another month of Adar (the leap month that occurs in leap years in the Hebrew calendar, and which comes before Nisan, the month of Passover), but it runs into a few problems, the most pressing of which is the lack of Sanhedrin and thus any religious authority to make such a proclamation.